BIOL GY CURRICULAR COMPETENCIES

BIOLOGY NEWS

AP (advanced placement) Biology Article

Equivalent as a first year university biology course.

Biology curricular competency article

An article of the skill that students has developed

overtime and the skills biology needs.

Biology interview article

An article of the teachers interview of questions related to biology

Biology Subject article

An article about Biology and its benefits of learning it

What are the skills you learn in biology?

In Biology you learn the skills on how to communicate, classify, measuring, inferring, and predicting.

You learn communication by presenting and report writing. Classifying is learnt because biology uses taxonomic ranks to classify each living organism. Biology uses metric units for measuring because it's a universal unit that's easy to be converted. Inferring is drawing a conclusion on biological networks based on evidence & logic. Prediction is learnt when stating the outcome of a hypothesis will be true or not.

What skills do you NEED in biology?

In Biology you'll need to learn how to analyze critically and logically, efficient ways to approach work, carrying out experiments in efficiency, the ability to explain reports results concisely and clearly. and team working skills.

If you do want to become a biologist then the standards are much higher. The skills that are required are maths knowledge, excellent written communication, to be thorough and pay attention to detail, the ability to use your initiative, presence & determination, knowledge of biology, and much more. Becoming a biologist is not an easy job, it involves a lot of determination and hard work.

The Core compentencies in Biology

BIG IDEAS

THE 6 GREAT IDEAS OF BIOLOGY

Apply the process of science
- Forming a testable hypothesis, analyzing the results, and conclusion
Use quantitive reasoning
- A mathematical way of thinking to justify data-based questions encode and protect information, manage the treatment of disease, provide a unified understanding of the forces of nature, and math related questions.
Use modelling and simulation
tap into the interdisciplinary of science
- identify complex questions using multiple perspectives.
communicate and collaborate with others
understand the relationship between society and science